Northwestern Mutual
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Product Manager- Client Communications

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At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

Summary:

Do you obsess over customer communications? Do you love solving sophisticated business problems and advancing capabilities in support of the company's business strategy? We have an outstanding opportunity for you as a Product Manager in Digital Product - Client Communications! You will work on a cross-functional team of product managers, engineers, designers and subject matter professionals in an agile methodology to advance our digital communication presence with our policy holders. To inspire change, you will perform business analysis of current systems and processes, provide detailed business requirements, and coordinate with business partners across the enterprise. You will be accountable for the grooming of product roadmaps and backlogs to ensure the team meets established objectives and a seamless delivery of new capabilities.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Set Product Vision: Ability to independently, and in some cases co-create with a Sr PM, the foundational vision of the product and what it is trying to solve for. Define and track critical metrics for measure of success
  • Develop Roadmap: Responsible for ingesting new items on the roadmap per documented prioritization framework(s). Define and track important metrics for measure of success
  • Gather Requirements: Focused on understanding the problem state and unmet needs of the client for the objective of defining the product.
  • Define the product & Stakeholdering: Work with technology, design, customers/users, to shape and test the product and communicate why this is the right product, how it will work, and what defines metrics for success.
  • Design Partnership: Partner with design to ensure cohesive future state user visions and experiences are aligned
  • Author User Stories: Translate requirements to technical details to build and validate use cases and user stories around a product and communicate them effectively
  • Feature Prioritization: Develop and maintain a prioritized backlog of user stories for implementation according to business value or return on investment
  • Facilitate Ceremonies: Participate in the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings and Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives


Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

  • Education. Bachelor's degree
  • 1-3 Years of prior experience with at least 1 working in a Product Management Role
  • Knowledge Preferred: formal business analyst, engineering or testing experience. Knowledge of the financial services industry, familiar with BI tools, preferred to have previous research experience, familiar with Agile and Scrum framework.
  • Experienced in cross functional work in previous experience, Strong communication skills, strong time management, project management skills, discernment and high self awareness and EQ. Translate product requirements into technical requirements, work in ambiguity and solution.
  • Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedent



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What are Northwestern Mutual Perks + Benefits

Northwestern Mutual Benefits Overview

Whether providing education assistance, competitive health benefits or time off for community service, Northwestern Mutual is committed to supporting employees so they can live their best lives. 

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Employee resource groups
Hybrid work model
Flexible work schedule
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Northwestern Mutual offers a pension plan for employees.
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Floating holidays
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Mother's room
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Online course subscriptions available

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